Postmenopausal and fibrocystic change

hi hobbie - I'd like to know too. Just received my b9 results today, but don't have my written report from doctor yet - picking that up in a day or two BUT a couple of things quickly mentioned was fibrocystic changes as well Intraductal hyperplasia. I'll find out more when I speak with someone at the office, but I'm also confused on they 'fibrocystic changes' - I'm 56 and 7 years post menopause.

hi Hobie, I too, would like to know! I am also seven years post menopausal, no HRT. I am going the 22nd for an excisional biopsy on a 5.4 cm mass that is new one BS said fibroadenoma, had a second opinion the other BS said just a lipoma. They both said B9 so I am not worried about that, the thing is WHY am I getting these, and why are my breast getting more dense every time I go for my mammos and ultrasounds? No history of breast cancer in the immediate family just great aunts and second cousins. I will ask questions Friday and reply back on what I am told.

Hobie, did you ever find out why the fibrocystic changes? I'm in the same boat as you, post menopausal by 1 yr, hysterectomy 18 yrs ago, only on testosterone replacement and use progesterone cream. Last MRI showed 2 new areas of nodular enhancement but nothing to worry about and recently started having pain in left breast and doctor felt a mass which he thinks is fibrocystic changes so having US on Monday just to be safe.

Hi, so I had my excisional biopsy Friday, doing well. I was so nervous I didn't ask a lot of questions like I wanted too, but my BS did say just because one has a total hysterectomy we still have hormones even if not on HRT. I still don't get it, I go for my follow up Dec. 2, so maybe I will be in a better frame of mind to ask lol.

hobbie.. I had the exact same finding as you a few months back. I do not think it is very unusual even for post menopausal women. My breasts have a lot of different B9 things and depending on the biopsy, something different shows up. I have found all my things with US or MRI and nothing on mammogram.

Hi DBay, good question about why you have the findings in only one breast. My "pet" theory (not scientific), is that there is some change/insult/inflammation to the one breast which makes it more vulnerable than the other. In my case, I believe that I had a serious case of mastitis when I began breast feeding. Not sure of the diagnosis, but I had severe engorgement and a high fever at the same time. Anyway, it is that same breast that has been biopsied multiple times over the years. Atypical ductal hyperplasia has been found twice, atypical lobular hyperplasia, once, and more recently, DCIS. The other breast has only been biopsied once (benign), but that's post diagnosis, when they biopsy anything remotely suspicious. Anyway, that's my pet theory. In those individuals with a genetic propensity for bc, such as those with BRCA positive genes, the risk is bilateral (both breasts), but if the genetic load is low (in my case only me and my mom-post menopausal), it's more likely that some environmental issue is causing the problem (meaning in the environment of the breast).